{"id":345351,"date":"2011-03-28T17:14:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T17:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/pirates-seize-oil-tanker-off-horn-of-africa\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T17:14:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T17:14:30","slug":"pirates-seize-oil-tanker-off-horn-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/pirates-seize-oil-tanker-off-horn-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates seize oil tanker off Horn of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"52.727203065134\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"29\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Two pirate skiffs attack Kuwaiti-owned MV ZIRKU in eastern part of Gulf of Aden<\/li>\n<li>The UAE-flagged vessel was on its way to Singapore from Sudan<\/li>\n<li>The pirates fired small arms and rocket-propelled grenades at the tanker<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Pirates firing small arms and rocket-propelled grenades seized an oil tanker Monday off the Horn of Africa, the European Union&#8217;s anti-piracy taskforce said.<\/p>\n<p>Two pirate skiffs attacked the Kuwaiti-owned MV ZIRKU about 250 nautical miles southeast of the Omani port city of Salalah, in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden, the European Union Naval Force Somalia said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE-flagged vessel was on its way to Singapore from Sudan when it was attacked. 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